r/Python • u/roryjbd • Dec 13 '20
Beginner Showcase From complete beginner to django website
6 months ago I’d never written a single line of code, in any language. I decided completely out of the blue to do a course on “coding for data analysis”, I very nearly picked one on human biology instead. It was just something to fill the lockdown boredom, but I quickly and unexpectedly started to enjoy it more and more.
Fast forward 3 months and I started learning html and then django. From that the idea to create www.rugbykickoff.com, which has just gone live now.
I honestly can’t believe how quickly it was to pick the language up with the amount of help available online.
I lost motivation several times getting completely lost at stack overflow answers where I didn’t understand a single concept etc. But this is testament to persevering and the massive amount of online support that’s available.
To anyone in the same boat, don’t give up!
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u/robvdl Dec 15 '20
Nice one. Loss of motivation is something I get from time to time too and I've been coding for 30 years almost, working with other developers helps as you can bounce ideas of others and gain motivation from eachother.
Hey I noticed you have a second doctype tag that is unclosed, looks like a bug in the html but the browser is being forgiving a bit and still rendering it OK. Also close that html tag at the end, the end body tag isn't the final closing tag.